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Jan.28.2012
In spite of her family being homeless one 17-year-old girl has stayed focused. Samantha Garvey recently discovered she's being considered for a national prestigious science award, and hopes to get a full scholarship to college to study marine biology. Read her story on my Living in the Heartland...
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Jan.12.2012
On the Air…
When Producer Cynthia Brian of Starstyle® Productions launched the all teen radio program, Express Yourself!™ to a global audience last fall, many of our on-air reporters were busy filling out college applications and writing essays, pondering the next step in their lives. The...
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Oct.28.2011
My son and I were sitting around chatting late this afternoon when we began to talk about his older brother, and how much we were looking forward to seeing him Thanksgiving weekend.
Keith told me that he and his brother shared a great conversation (via text message) the other day.
The conversation...
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Sep.09.2011
Perry Barber was a singer/songwriter growing up in the 1970s. She did office work for Gladys Knight, and performed as an opener for Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, and Hall and Oates. But music was not to be her calling. Instead, her career path lay on the baseball infield. Perry is one of a handful...
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Sep.08.2011
The first thing I learned about Chicago is to never walk with your head down. Taxi cabs honk, BMW's swerve, and the Red Line will just plain hit you. For me, this was a hard concept to grasp. I've always walked eyes down. That's just how it's always been. My first time at a new school...
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Aug.30.2011
When I was 17, I was accepted to attend Parsons The New School for Design in New York City. It was a fantastic place to get a college education, especially if you wanted to be completely immersed in art and design. I signed up for the four-year bachelor's degree program, majoring in fine art...
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Aug.03.2011
I'm taking my oldest to the airport in a few minutes. He is going back to Cincinnati, where in a couple of weeks he will begin his last year of college.
I usually volunteer to pick him up from the airport, but avoid the return trip for one simple reason- I hate goodbyes.
He's twenty-one, but...
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Aug.02.2011
Folding the letter along the creases, I placed it in the envelope and slipped it into the back pocket of my jeans. Then, as if in a trance, I walked off the deck, across the grass, and climbed the wobbly barbed wire fence into Joel Hershel’s property. I paced back and forth over that windblown...
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Jul.29.2011
"Ch-ch-ch-ch-changesPretty soon now you're going to get oldgoing to get a little older,Time may change me,But I can't trace time..."
I woke up with those lyrics from the David Bowie song Changes, running through my head. Today is Change, Part 2.
My oldest is home for three weeks. He...
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May.12.2011
Came across this piece I wrote during my first year back in school...
At this point of my life, I am doing everything according to the National status quo, even higher education, Jesus. I am forced to strap reins on my intellect so my professors won't know that I am smarter than them, and at this...
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